Twenty Thousand Hertz

The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.

Whether you're a professional audio engineer with decades of experience, a fourth grader who loves sound and music, or anyone in between, Twenty Thousand Hertz will help unlock your sonic world… from the sound design secrets of hit movies, to the sonic craft of jingles and device sounds, to the forgotten backstories of classic theme songs, to linguistic mysteries, psychoacoustics, video game music, animal communication, and beyond. With moving human stories, immersive sound design, and the guiding voice of host Dallas Taylor, Twenty Thousand Hertz has grown into the world’s leading podcast about sound.


New to the show? Start here:

• I'm Lovin' It: How “Ba da ba ba ba” took over the world

• The Art of Foley: Bringing Slimer & Batman to life

• Tudum! The story behind the iconic Netflix sound

• The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past

• Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios

• A sonic journey through the Solar System

• Mind the Gap: NYC & London’s iconic transit voices

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
51
Inside Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios
Bringing an alien world to life through sound.
44 min
52
Hidden Sounds of America: NYC Hum & Underground...
You’ve gotta hear it to believe it.
25 min
53
All About That Bass: How pop became obsessed wi...
It’s time to bass the music.
24 min
54
Industrial Musicals: The Golden Age of corporat...
A hidden world of showbiz…
28 min
55
Into the Huluverse: The sonic evolution of Hulu
Take Me There.
23 min
56
Welcome to Twenty Thousand Hertz
A lovingly-crafted podcast about the amazing world of sound.
2 min
57
Guess That Sound 2023: Tournament of Champions
Simply ear-resistible.
43 min
58
Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, a...
Tech on me.
25 min
59
Headphone Handbook: How to pick your perfect pair
Check your head(phones).
23 min
60
Sounds That Sell: How companies entice us with ...
How brands use sound to make the invisible visible.
20 min
61
Auto-Tone: What will cars sound like in the fut...
AVAS, ye matey.
22 min
62
Wilhelm Screamix: The sound effect that never dies
aaAAAAgghh!
19 min
63
Subtitles On: Why is movie dialogue so hard to ...
We'll fix it in post.
27 min
64
Gremlins, War Rigs, & Star Trek Punks
Sandworms and gremlins and bees, oh my!
23 min
65
Do you talk to yourself in your head? (Not ever...
Where is your mind?
25 min
66
The Legend of Zelda: Tones of the Kingdom
Hey! Listen!
28 min
67
The Legend of Zelda: A Beep to the Past
It's dangerous to groove alone.
21 min
68
From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shap...
New format, who dis?
28 min
69
The secret history of “Take Me Out to the Ball ...
Just to cheer up the boys she knew, she made the gang sing this song…
31 min
70
Vocal Stratosphere: The world’s most extreme si...
You have to sound bad in order to sound good.
34 min
71
Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps,...
Cricket good.
25 min
72
Breathe Deep: How I lost my passion and found m...
Embracing imperfection.
41 min
73
The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who inv...
Stereo killed the monaural star.
31 min
74
Found In Translation: Guess That Meaning!
Pardon my tartle.
19 min
75
Why insurance jingles never die
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
34 min